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NBA Games Played on December 16, 1949

Dec 15, 1949 Dec 16, 1949 Dec 17, 1949

4 NBA Games

Waterloo	77	Final
Baltimore	75

	1	2	3	4
Waterloo	19	17	18	23
Baltimore	20	8	26	21

PTS	D. Mehen-WAT	26

Rochester	71	Final
Chicago	80

	1	2	3	4
Rochester	12	19	21	19
Chicago	16	18	16	30

PTS	M. Zaslofsky-CHS	17

Indianapolis	81	Final
Denver	79

	1	2	3	4	OT
Indianapolis	16	13	20	23	9
Denver	14	14	27	17	7

PTS	A. Groza-INO	29

St. Louis	68	Final
Philadelphia	54

	1	2	3	4
St. Louis	19	16	12	21
Philadelphia	17	19	5	13

PTS	B. Smawley-STB	17

Division Standings

* Playoff teams

Division Standings Table
Team	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G
Central Division
Chicago Stags*	16	8	.667	—	80.1	73.9
Minneapolis Lakers*	14	8	.636	1.0	86.0	81.6
Fort Wayne Pistons*	12	8	.600	2.0	82.3	79.2
Rochester Royals*	12	8	.600	2.0	84.5	77.1
St. Louis Bombers	11	12	.478	4.5	72.6	74.3
Eastern Division
Syracuse Nationals*	18	3	.857	—	84.3	73.2
New York Knicks*	16	7	.696	3.0	82.3	77.3
Washington Capitols*	10	9	.526	7.0	76.3	74.8
Baltimore Bullets	8	12	.400	9.5	71.9	76.5
Boston Celtics	7	14	.333	11.0	81.6	86.2
Philadelphia Warriors*	7	16	.304	12.0	72.7	78.3
Western Division
Anderson Packers*	14	4	.778	—	90.1	83.9
Indianapolis Olympians*	14	11	.560	3.5	81.6	82.0
Sheboygan Red Skins*	8	11	.421	6.5	85.1	89.4
Tri-Cities Blackhawks*	7	15	.318	9.0	81.6	85.3
Waterloo Hawks	6	15	.286	9.5	76.7	82.5
Denver Nuggets	3	22	.120	14.5	70.2	81.9

Please note that teams tied in the standings are sorted by team name and no tiebreakers are being applied to these standings.